Article: New efforts needed to fight teen smoking ; A plateau in what was a positive trend calls for new tactics to further reduce tobacco use.

Anonymous
Portland Press Herald (Maine)
07-06-2008
New efforts needed to fight teen smoking ; A plateau in what was a positive trend calls for new tactics to further reduce tobacco use.
Byline: Anonymous
Edition: FINAL
Section: Editorial
Column: OUR VIEWS
Type: Editorial

In the battle against smoking, teenagers have always been the prime beachhead.

Statistically, people who wait until adulthood to try cigarettes are much less likely to ever take up the habit.
So, if the long-term goal is decreasing the number of smokers, focusing on teenagers has been seen as the best use of resources.

The age group is also worthy of intense focus because it is easily influenced. Teenagers are affected by ...

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